I second your opinion. Not only is it easy to navigate, it is easy on the eyes. As a computer "newbie", when I first logged on, this site gave me the confidence to learn html. Jim Robinson deserves to be professionally recognized for his creativity in designing and programming FreeRepublic.
True.. often overlooked cudos to his credit.. and others involved.. The software is the heart, lungs and liver, the content of free republic is merely the face and pajamas,,